I'm very much a novice to firearms and (before Saturday) I had never been to range before. I've been trying to decide which handgun to purchase as my first. I had narrowed it down to a couple of choices, but was leaning mostly toward a Glock 19 gen 4. Before I made my decision, I wanted to get my hands on one and shoot it first.
My younger brother is a former Marine and lives in Greenwood. On Saturday, we finally managed to etch out some time to get to the new Point Blank range off of 65 and County Line in Greenwood. I've never set foot inside of a gun shop or range before, so it was a new experience for me all around. The facility was very clean and the atmosphere was welcoming. The staff was friendly and I was surprised by the number of female staff on-hand. It may have been 50-60% female staff from what I could see, which was surprising to me. Of course, I'm just basing that on stereotypes, I suppose.
At any rate, we were able to get a G19 rental, 3 boxes of 9mm ammo, 2 boxes of 40 ammo (for his pistol) and 30 minutes of range time for $100 with the military discount. I thought that was good since we were both expecting to pay about $50 on the day. It was around 11:15am on a Saturday, but we only had to wait about 5 min to get a lane.
Thanks to RobbyMaQ, I've had a little exposure to shooting before, but I'm still very new to it and don't have the fundamentals down yet. Despite that, I was able to shoot about 4 mags of 15 rounds on silhouette targets at 5 and 7 yards with groups that were generally in the 3-4in range. I had a couple of outliers, but I was generally pleased. The pistol felt good in my hand and the trigger weight and distance felt natural. Again, I don't have much to compare it to, but I liked it. The recoil was very manageable as well and I didn't feel too awkward given my experience level.
We we also got a deck of cards target to play Draw Poker with before time expired. At 5 yards, I was able to shoot a Royal Flush in 7 shots. At 7 yards, I shot a Full House in 6 shots. My time to take each shot was, of course, quite slow, but I was again happy with my accuracy.
All-in-all, I had a great time at the range with my brother and I've decided that I will be purchasing a Glock 19 gen 4 as my first firearm. Daughter number 2 is due to be born any day, but I'm hoping I can convince my wife to let me get one for Father's Day. I'll have to get a safe first, but that shouldn't be too hard, I hope.
My younger brother is a former Marine and lives in Greenwood. On Saturday, we finally managed to etch out some time to get to the new Point Blank range off of 65 and County Line in Greenwood. I've never set foot inside of a gun shop or range before, so it was a new experience for me all around. The facility was very clean and the atmosphere was welcoming. The staff was friendly and I was surprised by the number of female staff on-hand. It may have been 50-60% female staff from what I could see, which was surprising to me. Of course, I'm just basing that on stereotypes, I suppose.
At any rate, we were able to get a G19 rental, 3 boxes of 9mm ammo, 2 boxes of 40 ammo (for his pistol) and 30 minutes of range time for $100 with the military discount. I thought that was good since we were both expecting to pay about $50 on the day. It was around 11:15am on a Saturday, but we only had to wait about 5 min to get a lane.
Thanks to RobbyMaQ, I've had a little exposure to shooting before, but I'm still very new to it and don't have the fundamentals down yet. Despite that, I was able to shoot about 4 mags of 15 rounds on silhouette targets at 5 and 7 yards with groups that were generally in the 3-4in range. I had a couple of outliers, but I was generally pleased. The pistol felt good in my hand and the trigger weight and distance felt natural. Again, I don't have much to compare it to, but I liked it. The recoil was very manageable as well and I didn't feel too awkward given my experience level.
We we also got a deck of cards target to play Draw Poker with before time expired. At 5 yards, I was able to shoot a Royal Flush in 7 shots. At 7 yards, I shot a Full House in 6 shots. My time to take each shot was, of course, quite slow, but I was again happy with my accuracy.
All-in-all, I had a great time at the range with my brother and I've decided that I will be purchasing a Glock 19 gen 4 as my first firearm. Daughter number 2 is due to be born any day, but I'm hoping I can convince my wife to let me get one for Father's Day. I'll have to get a safe first, but that shouldn't be too hard, I hope.
